Title trimming

[Geoserv]

I run a Digg style website that allows people to submit blog posts etc...

I have been trimming the URL titles automatically using:

if( preg_match( '~<title>(.*?)([^:\-]*?)</title>~is', str_replace( '&raquo;', ':', $this->html ), $matches ) )
{
  $this->url_title = $matches[2];
} 

this took a page title formatted like:

Website name - Post title

and made it:

Post title

Now I am trying to reverse it so that it will make it the opposite and only take the "Website name" like in the example above.

But for the life of me, I cannot get it to work.

What is the proper way of doing this?

Thanks.

[Jake Arkinstall]

if(preg_match( '~<title>([^:\-]*?)(*?)</title>~is', str_replace( '&raquo;', ':', $this->html ), $matches)){
  $this->url_title = $matches[1];
} 

[Geoserv]

Thanks for the quick reply, however, it resulted in a blank title.


Geoserv

[Jake Arkinstall]

ah, ok, how about:

'~<title>([^:\-]*?)[:\-](*?)</title>~is'

[Ernie1]

~<title>([^:\-]*?)[:\-](.*?)</title>~is

[Jake Arkinstall]

Oops, missed the wildcard!

Not my day today, apparently!

[Geoserv]

Perfect, thanks for help guys.

This was really driving me crazy.


Geoserv.